.NEW YORK-- Qinwen Zheng trumped Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, developing to the United States Open quarterfinals along with a 7-6 (2 ), 4-6, 6-2 victory early Monday early morning in the most up to date end of a females's suit in tournament history.It was actually 2:15 a.m. when the No. 7-seeded Zheng rounded off the suit that lasted 2 hrs, fifty minutes, a far more durable and longer exam than she got from Vekic final month in Paris.Zheng won China's initial singles gold in tennis along with a 6-2, 6-3 success that time. She wasn't pretty as leading on the United States Open's difficult courthouses, where Vekic believes far more comfortable than the clay-based at Roland Garros.But Zheng is still plenty difficult to defeat on difficult courts, having reached her first Conquest ultimate this year at the Australian Open, where she shed to Aryna Sabalenka." I experience definitely happy with on my own considering that it is actually difficult modifying areas from clay-based to hard, specifically due to the fact that I went back to China, so I do not have the exact same method like all the various other gamers," Zheng claimed. "Thus, basically, I am actually simply attempting to keep myself, find a technique to receive the complement, even though I am actually not experiencing at my greatest." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedShe will certainly play again versus Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed that also beat Zheng in 2015 in the fourths at Blush Meadows on her technique to the ultimate, on Tuesday.Zheng stated she'll be ready-- as long as she receives 8 or even 9 hrs of rest after eventually responding to the hotel." I truly as if to play against her, and also I'm anticipating playing against her," Zheng said of Sabalenka. "I recognize she is among the best players on difficult courtrooms, as well as I have actually been anticipating this second." Vekic was going over her best result in a Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon. But the No. 24 seed recognized she skipped an opportunity to go also much deeper at Flushing Meadows.She regularly took lengthy stops in frustration after skipping a chance, from time to time moving her hair or relaxing her scalp in her hand.The Croatian gamer damaged Zheng to succeed the second set and also even the match, driving Zheng back along with some blistering returns just before using an excellent drop fired to give herself an established point.But after an ace to open the 3rd set, Vekic created two straight unforced errors, and Zheng damaged her. Zheng after that damaged once again at affection for a 5-2 lead before the sporadic crowd that had actually remained previous 2 a.m.The previous latest surface for a ladies's paired was 2:13 a.m., when Maria Sakkari beat Bianca Andreescu in a 2021 fourth-round fit.